Compare

John Cooper vs Christian Wakeford

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of John Cooper
John Cooper
Con Dumfries and Galloway
vs
Photograph of Christian Wakeford
Christian Wakeford
Lab Bury South

Voting alignment

John Cooper and Christian Wakeford voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 392 shared comparable votes.

7 same votes 385 different votes 392 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
6 Aye 17 No
Benefits 9% aligned 23 shared votes
15 Aye 8 No
7 Aye 6 No
Democracy / Parliament 8% aligned 13 shared votes
5 Aye 8 No
16 Aye 27 No
Crime / Justice 5% aligned 43 shared votes
25 Aye 18 No
33 Aye 42 No
Tax 1% aligned 75 shared votes
41 Aye 34 No
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
Most different by topic
7 Aye 31 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 38 shared votes
31 Aye 7 No
6 Aye 21 No
Education 0% aligned 27 shared votes
21 Aye 6 No
14 Aye 9 No
Transport 0% aligned 23 shared votes
9 Aye 14 No
10 Aye 11 No
Defence 0% aligned 21 shared votes
11 Aye 10 No
5 Aye 16 No
Devolution / Local Government 0% aligned 21 shared votes
16 Aye 5 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

73.1%
1% above average
Rank 351 of 650
Participation
86.4%
14% above average
Rank 62 of 650
453
620 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,459
1,688 eligible divisions
195
43.0% of votes cast
Aye votes
696
47.7% of votes cast
258
57.0% of votes cast
No votes
763
52.3% of votes cast
1
0.2% of votes cast
Against party
9
0.6% of votes cast
2 years, 3 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
6 years, 10 months
Since 12 Dec 2019

Debates

112
+19.1 vs Commons average
Rank 165 of 650
Appearances
1
-91.9 vs Commons average
Rank 636 of 650
134
-27.6 vs Commons average
Rank 281 of 650
Contributions
1
-160.6 vs Commons average
Rank 633 of 650

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£154,450
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,415,566
all imported IPSA years
£154,450
32% below average
Latest expenses
£335,718
48% above average
4
2 registered categories
Registered interests
0
0 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
0
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Foreign Affairs
17 of 17 votes
#1
Foreign Affairs
63 of 63 votes
Work / Employment
39 of 42 votes
#2
Defence
69 of 70 votes
Democracy / Parliament
13 of 14 votes
#3
Work / Employment
66 of 70 votes
Trade
9 of 10 votes
#4
Environment / Climate
42 of 45 votes
Devolution / Local Government
21 of 24 votes
#5
Democracy / Parliament
38 of 41 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
No
Draft Town and Country Planning (Fees for Applications, Deemed Applications, Requests and Site Visits) (England) (Amendment and Transitional Provision) Regulations 2026 27 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Withdrawal Agreement (Windsor Framework and Governance) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Brexit / EU Foreign Affairs
Aye
No
Draft Railways (Interoperability in Northern Ireland) (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) (Amendment) Regulations 2026 21 Oct 2026
Transport
Aye
No
Draft Code of Practice on Access and Unfair Practices During the Recognition and Derecognition Process 21 Oct 2026
Aye
No
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill: Third Reading 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
Aye
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 12 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: New Clause 7 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 32 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Northern Ireland Troubles Bill Committee: Amendment 51 20 Oct 2026
Foreign Affairs
No
Aye
Closure motion 16 Oct 2026
No
Where they voted the same
No
Motion to sit in private 4 Sept 2026
Tax
No
No
Representation of the People Bill: Report Stage: New Clause 88 2 Sept 2026
Democracy / Parliament
No
No
King's Speech Motion for an Address: amendment (l) 20 May 2026
No
No
Sentencing Bill Committee: New Clause 30 21 Oct 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill Committee: New Clause 8 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Universal Credit and Personal Independent Payment Bill Committee: Amendment 39 9 Jul 2025
Benefits
No
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
Member source UK Parliament Members API
Voting source Commons Votes API